The Insect Orders

Key to the Orders of Insects

The Apterygota

Protura
Collembola Springtails
Thysanura Silverfish
Diplura Two Pronged Bristle-tails

The Exopterygota

Ephemeroptera Mayflies
Odonata Dragonflies
Plecoptera Stoneflies
Grylloblatodea
Orthoptera
Phasmida Stick-Insects
Dermaptera Earwigs
Embioptera Web Spinners
Dictyoptera Cockroaches and Mantids
Isoptera Termites
Zoraptera
Psocoptera Bark and Book Lice
Mallophaga Biting Lice
Siphunculata Sucking Lice
Hemiptera True Bugs
Thysanoptera

The Endopterygota

Neuropter Lacewings
Coleoptera Beetles
Strepsiptera Stylops
Mecoptera Scorpionflies
Siphonaptera Fleas
Diptera True Flies
Lepidoptera Butterflies and Moths
Trichoptera Caddis Flies
Hymenoptera Ants Bees and Wasps

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